The Black Ballerina Who Was Told To Wear Blackface For 'La Bayadere'
When she was an 11-year-old performing as a local dancer filling in at a Mariinsky Ballet performance in LA, Dana Nichols didn't know she would be asked to perform in blackface until just before the dress rehearsal. "All I could manage to say was, 'Do I need this?' I became that thing in the room that no […]